Sunday, November 15, 2015

The Saga of the New Eye Glasses

These days nothing seems easy. Though the cataract surgery went smoothly, I now have almost perfect far vision but limited near vision. Before the surgery it was the opposite I could read without my glasses but seeing far away was a dilemma. Now I feel like Mrs. Magoo for those of you old enough to remember near sighted Mr. Magoo. Easy enough to fix that with glasses-right? WRONG!

Now after my second pair of lenses and new frames, I can see a little better...but not perfectly. I just want to be able to read the comics in the paper and the news, but it's blurry. After three different eye exams, I think we may have found the problem. I have a floater in my left eye which slightly blurs my vision both near and far. It's suppose to go away 2-4 weeks after my surgery....hopefully. So in the meantime, I'm using reading glasses from my friendly Walmart with a power of 3.0 and have a pair with 4.0 ordered. As I said...life is full of little challenges.


Friday, November 13, 2015

Autumn Surprises

Well, I finally got my autumn decorations put up just as my friend Caryn is putting up her Christmas decor. But fall weather is still arriving in So. Utah as the leaves change. Then we had a big surprise-no hot water. Just the other day, I commented what a luxury it is to have hot water. Then last night as I tried to shower it was gone!

Decor made by the Chinese for crazy Americans...lol! 
I love to decorate my shelf in the kitchen each season or holiday
Finding a plumber to come out immediately wasn't easy, but possible!
The old water heater of 17 years needed replacement
Allen had to clean out a corner of our garage/workshop...
New water heater says bye to old one on the right.
All settled in and hooked up, it's ready to go....

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Relief Society giving relief

Our church has a women's organization called the RELIEF SOCIETY. We meet on Sundays for spiritual lessons then have monthly activities on a weekday. This month our activity was called "Dinner in the Bag" consisting of all the ingredients except for a turkey that a family in need would want for a turkey dinner. Other groups donated frozen turkeys. It was a fun time of visiting, working and serving others.We donated more than 64 bags of food for making a Thanksgiving dinner.

Poster advertising our event
Donations for turkey dinner fixings are many 
Jello, yams with marshmallows and more
Time to feast on homemade soups and visit
Making a quilt is on the agenda too

Counting and fixing the bags

Loading up the trucks with bags